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#C4FA2A

#c4fa2a ≈ Electric Lime

  • yellow-green
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Balanced
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#c4fa2a is a color from the yellow-green family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 76.86% red, 98.04% green and 16.47% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 21.6% cyan, 0% magenta, 83.2% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 75.58°, with 95.41% saturation and 57.25% lightness in HSL. It sits between warm and cool, and is often associated with freshness, growth and vitality. Designers typically use it for eco-friendly brands, health and wellness and call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 17.05:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Electric Lime (#ccff00), ΔE 2.05.

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Web safe#ccff33
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Relative luminance0.8027

Complementary

  1. #c4fa2a
  2. #602afa

Split complementary

  1. #c4fa2a
  2. #2a5cfa
  3. #c82afa

Analogous

  1. #fac82a
  2. #c4fa2a
  3. #5cfa2a

Triadic

  1. #c4fa2a
  2. #2ac4fa
  3. #fa2ac4

Tetradic

  1. #c4fa2a
  2. #2afa60
  3. #602afa
  4. #fa2ac4

Square

  1. #c4fa2a
  2. #2afac8
  3. #602afa
  4. #fa2a5c

Monochromatic

  1. #658803
  2. #9dd305
  3. #c4fa2a
  4. #d9fc75
  5. #edfebf

Shades

#c4fa2a mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c4fa2a
  2. #b0e126
  3. #9dc822
  4. #89af1d
  5. #769619
  6. #627d15
  7. #4e6411
  8. #3b4b0d
  9. #273208
  10. #141904
  11. #000000

Tints

#c4fa2a mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c4fa2a
  2. #cafb3f
  3. #d0fb55
  4. #d6fc6a
  5. #dcfc7f
  6. #e2fd95
  7. #e7fdaa
  8. #edfebf
  9. #f3fed4
  10. #f9ffea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c4fa2a mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c4fa2a
  2. #bdee33
  3. #b6e23b
  4. #b0d544
  5. #a9c94c
  6. #a2bd55
  7. #9bb15e
  8. #94a566
  9. #8e986f
  10. #878c77
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.23:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 17.05:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #e7e7e7 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #daefba ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #ffe900 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ffe743 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ceedd6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #f0f000 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ebef3b ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #caf3ac ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c4fa2a {
  color: #c4fa2a;
}
Background
.bg-c4fa2a {
  background-color: #c4fa2a;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c4fa2a {
  border: 2px solid #c4fa2a;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c4fa2a;
  --color-primary-rgb: 196 250 42;
  --color-primary-hsl: 76 95% 57%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c4fa2a {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c4fa2a, #5cfa2a);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c4fa2a {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(196 250 42 / 0.35);
}

#ccff00 Electric Lime ΔE 2.05 #a7fc00 Spring Bud ΔE 3.85 #adff2f Green Yellow ΔE 3.88 #dfff00 Chartreuse Yellow ΔE 4.80 #e3ff00 Lemon Lime ΔE 5.48 #b2ec5d Inchworm ΔE 6.33 #d1e231 Pear ΔE 7.14 #3b05d5 Inverted #e7e7e7 Grayscale 

Electric Lime
#c4fa2a  rgb(196, 250, 42)  hsl(76, 95%, 57%)  Electric Lime
#602afa  rgb(96, 42, 250)  hsl(256, 95%, 57%)  Han Purple
#2ac4fa  rgb(42, 196, 250)  hsl(196, 95%, 57%)  Deep Sky Blue
#fa2ac4  rgb(250, 42, 196)  hsl(316, 95%, 57%)  Shocking Pink